Department of English and Community Partnership Fund present YouthINK Art & Creative Writing Retreat

YouthINK is a free, two-day creative writing and zine-making retreat for 16-17-year olds from under-resourced communities in the GTA held over March Break.

At North Campus on March 12 and 13, VIBE Arts artist-facilitators will lead participants through creative writing, collaging, and zine-making workshops. 

Participants will also get to tour the college, meet current students and faculty, and learn about a world full of expanded potential at Humber by visualizing possibilities for their own future post-secondary education. 

The two-day event will culminate in a zine launch party to celebrate the group’s collective output. Friends and family are invited to attend this special event, which will feature readings by the participants. 

Participants will be provided with lunch, snacks, and TTC fare for travel to and from Humber on both days of the event; in addition, dinner will be provided to participants on day two. Also, participants will receive a small stipend for publishing their work in the zine, in addition to copies of the zine itself. In the future, the zine will be available to borrow from the Humber Libraries. 

Through YouthINK, participants will be supported in developing their creative instincts, skills, voices, and confidence, inspiring them to continue their artistic development at Humber and beyond.  

Youth can sign up at our Eventbrite page.  

Questions can be directed to the three English Department faculty who have developed this program: eufemia.fantetti@humber.ca, leanne.milech@humber.ca, and sarah.feldbloom@humber.ca. 

Registration is open for the Transition to Work: Career Preparation Symposium for people with disabilities.  

Students and alumni from Humber College, the University of Guelph-Humber and Seneca Polytechnic, as well as job seekers in the community, are welcome to attend.

• On March 12, Tim Rose of CIBC will deliver the keynote address, Preparing to Trailblaze: A Disability Positive Career Journey.
• On March 13, Human Resource Specialists and alumni with disabilities will share their stories and recommendations to help students prepare to launch their careers.

A $500 prize draw will take place on each day of this two-part, online event (90 minutes each day). Students and alumni are eligible for the prize.

This is a CCR Certified event for Humber and Guelph-Humber students.  

https://careers.humber.ca/transition-to-work.php

Great news! Due to popular demand during Career Month, Advising and Career Services is offering professional LinkedIn headshots with a photographer for students on March 11 at North Campus and March 21 at Lakeshore Campus. This is a fantastic opportunity for students to enhance their online presence.

Please forward these registration links to students who may be interested:

• March 11 at North Campus: Register now
• March 21 at Lakeshore Campus: Register now

Encourage students to secure their spot for a professional headshot that can make a significant impact on their LinkedIn profiles and future career opportunities. Thank you for your support in making this valuable resource available to our students.

For any questions contact rayal.david@humber.ca.

International Women's Day is March 8 and Humber is celebrating with a virtual keynote speech by Eternity Martis. 

The keynote will highlight the lived experiences of students experiencing anti-Black racism and gender-equity within a contemporary, Ontario post-secondary context. Join to learn more on how to recognize and understand the nuances and complexities of intersectional approaches to addressing systemic inequities experienced by students and employees. Gain insight on strategies to increase student safety and further build a culture of respect, inclusion and belonging within the College. 

Join us on March 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Microsoft Teams for this exciting event. 

Register now

IWD Backgrounds for Zoom/Teams 

To celebrate International Women’s Day, staff are invited to use customized background images for Microsoft Teams. The backgrounds are available on the Humber Brand site.

Agenda

About Eternity Martis

Eternity Martis is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University and an award-winning Toronto-based journalist. She was a 2017 National Magazine Awards finalist for Best New Writer and the 2018 winner of the Canadian Online Publishing Awards for Best Investigative Article. Her writing has appeared in Vice, Huffington Post, The Walrus, CBC, Hazlitt, The Fader, Salon, and on academic syllabuses around the world.

Her work on race and language has influenced media style guide changes across the country. She is the course developer and instructor of Reporting On Race: The Black Community in the Media at Toronto Metropolitan University, the first of its kind in Canada. In 2021, she was the University of British Columbia’s Journalist-in-Residence and Asper Visiting Professor, and the first Non-Fiction Writer in Residence at Simon Fraser University in 2022.

She earned an honours BA and a Certificate in Writing from Western University and an MJ from Toronto Metropolitan University. In 2020, she was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by Women’s Executive Network.

Her bestselling debut memoir, They Said This Would Be Fun, was a “Best Book of the Year” pick by Globe and Mail, Apple, Audible and Chapters/Indigo. CBC called the book one of “20 moving Canadian memoirs to read right now” and PopSugar named it one of “5 Books About Race on College Campuses Every Student Should Read.” They Said This Would Be Fun won the 2021 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Non-Fiction and was an Evergreen Award finalist.